I got an email from a friend a couple of weeks ago asking if we wanted to march in the Christmas parade as our own little group. She was looking for ideas on what the kids could do or dress up as and Daniel (of course) had the brilliant idea for them to all drive their John Deere vehicles. Anyways, we decided that would be lots of fun for them and they were all really excited. I was worried it was going to be super cold so I had the boys all bundled up but it turned out to be quite nice outside! By the time we finished the parade and pulled over on the side to watch the rest we were able to take our heavy coats off!
Before the parade actually started...
Zach being silly with his reindeer antlers.
Jacob and Baby Brett (Russell's little brother) relaxing in the gator.
The boys being silly.
He thought the antlers were fantastic!
Santa's little helper...
We finally started moving!!!
The yellow line was our starting place so we had barely started moving!
Jake was very excited about being in the parade! He was supposed to drive the gator and Zach was going to drive the tractor but the tractor was malfunctioning....and would only work in 2nd gear (faster than I wanted Zach to drive for the entire parade). We figured Jacob would be better at stopping and restarting without running into the trailer in front of us! It took some convincing but he finally agreed to drive it!
And, we're off! Jacob, Russell, and Nathan took off at this point! Thank goodness Nathan's mom was paying attention and was right with them! (since I was too busy taking pictures...while walking in the parade!) Zach and Brett got a lot of attention!
Cute!
I think Brett was worried about the nut behind the wheel who was more interested in watching all the people than where he was going so he bailed on Zach! And I think it was about this time that Daniel let Zach switch into the higher gear to catch up!
This was me making Jacob wait for Zach to catch up....
And Zach took the lead! (Even if it was just for a few seconds!)
Our little group of Russell Clark and Friends....Russell was waaaaay in the background! He was so excited to wave to everyone that he didn't want to drive any faster!
We were at the end...so I figured I'd attempt to get a picture of my boys together. This was the best I could get!
such a sweetheart.
watching the parade after we were done
The kids all had such a great time. After we were sitting and watching it for a few minutes Jacob said "I want to march in the parade a second time." I told him maybe next year! We were pretty close to the front of the parade so we got to see most of it. The grand finale was Santa and Mrs. Claus and they were all excited to see them! The kids even ended up coming in 2nd place in our category too! What a fun and exciting day!
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